Chela’s Tacos owner Marty Davis detained

Chela's Taco truck, in happier days, when it was parked at the former location at UTSA Boulevard and Utex. SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS FILE PHOTO

The taco drama continues for Celia and Marty Davis, owners of Chela’s Tacos.

As previously reported on the Move It blog post, TxDOT and the Taco Truck, Chela’s was asked to move from its spot on the corner of UTSA Boulevard and Utex, away from the state-owned right of way and away from the private property owned by Santikos Raw Land Ltd., which is adjacent to the right-of-way.

After a tip from a customer, Davis confirmed that he was handcuffed and detained in an SAPD vehicle on Wednesday afternoon for what he believes was close to an hour and a half. Davis says he was given citations for obstructing the right-of-way and not having access to bathrooms (required for trucks parked on private property). The SAPD public information office confirmed that it issued citations, but an official report has not yet been filed.

According to Davis, SAPD threatened to impound Chela’s Tacos, but his wife, Celia, and helpers were able to load up the trailer and leave before a tow truck arrived.

“I can’t go back out there,” Davis says. “The city is taking the side of the landowners and not our hundreds of supporters.” For now, Davis is relocating Chela’s Tacos to the 9000 block of Floyd Curl at the intersection of Huebner Road, where he says the property owner has given him permission to park.